Topic and focus of this lesson:
The importance of oral storytelling
Broad goals to which this lesson contributes:
Oral Communication: Listening to Understand
Speaking to Communicate
Specific outcomes for this lesson: OC 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 1.7, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6
Materials: The Community Circle hand-out
Chief Dan George’s speech: Lament for Confederation
Agenda:
Circle Talk (the handout and brief instruction).
Ice breaker activity
Oral storytelling vs. written traditions
Story vs. History
Sharing personal stories (whatever each students chooses to talk about)
Cultural importance of oral traditions: origins of religious texts, unwritten but well known codes of behaviour, fairy tales, famous speeches and orators (Chief Dan George's Lament for Confederation).
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The importance of oral storytelling
Oral Communication: Listening to Understand
Speaking to Communicate
Chief Dan George’s speech: Lament for Confederation